, 1887-03-31
Social, Anecdotal, and Political.
EscricS's "Reminiscences OCs;iNtJ- Wears
in tI:e National Metropolis.
THE NEY OK WHICH i ATTRACTING so
MUCH ATTENTION IRREGULARITIES or
PUBLIC MES-ITs SCOPE AND
CHARACTER.

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derfully interesting period, dating
back to the election OF John Quincy
Adams, and inclGding the exciting
times in which those giants, Clay,
Webster, Everett. jackson, Calhoun,
Van Buren,, Polk, Houston. Seward,
Stevens, Douglas, Sumner, Davis,
Lincoln, Grant, and host of others
fourished. 1T the beginning of this
period Washington was In It's infancy,
but it has grown with the years into
one of the most extended and elegant
of cities. The history Jf this growth
Mr.. Poore gives from his own OBJ
servatiOn, enliyening the story with
many of those charming little Incl
dents with which all his writings
sparkle. The nations darkest days.
as well as some Of its brightest, are
included i'll the times of which these
volumes treat, aud they include as
much Of national romance as any
qual pcT,od III any nations history. .
F-SULIARIrIEs OF PROMINENT MEN.
These volumes also give clear in
sight into the private character. social
life, jealOusies, rivalries. aud peculi-
arltle5 constituting the secret motives
which largely influence even the
greatest men III their public actions
This Is view seldom gained. Great
mems names and deeds are familiar,
but the men themselves. their mental
habits, their appearance, their associ-
ates, their personal characteristics,
are far less known. To these espe-
clally this work Introduces its readers.
SOCIAL EVENTS NARRATED.
Commencing with the eventual elec.
ton of John Quincy Adams by the
house OF representatives, Mr.. PoOre
narrates the social events 1T the then
infant metropolis, with the peculiar
private life of the ''old man eloquent"
the tedious travelling OF those days,
old fashioned ways and customs In
public and in private everything, III
short, then popular, but now SO odd.
Is touched upon and told in Alr.
PoOre's inimitable way.
The cOnvivialities and domestic in
trigues of 'Old Hickory's day" are
Set forth sketches Of the noted. Jour
nallsts, orators, and wiys are given in
length, with anecdotes of Webster,
Clay, Mrs. Eaton, Fanny Kemble, and
others. Then we have the intrigues
which characterised the admlnistra-
ton OF Martin Van Buren,, followed
by the famous Log Cabin campaign.
The brief rule of Harrison, with the
suppers and balls of the victorious
wings, are graphically sketched, fol-
lowed 10y the troublosome SWAY of
Iyler, with extracts from his cOrre-
spondence never before published.
Next comes Polk, with the glorious
war with Mexico, which made Zach
airy Taylor president until death re-
moved him, when Fillmore took the
preSl 1ential chair, with Webster rs
his secretary Cf state. The civil and
social features OF TIE lays OF Pierce
and OF Buchanan, whicl were among
the most stirring Of our nations his.
tory, are fully treated.
STIRRING EVENTS OF LATER TIMES.
Soon after Lincoln was inangu-
rated, the war drum, were beat. This
leads to a graphic account of ihe graat
uprising Cn which thp author honor
ably partIclpated) Of the foua.e sDjes,
the entertainments. and the reviews.
until peace was declared. The sad
assasInation OF Lincoln wa, the ore
Jude 10 the great dTaLa of recon-
straction, followed by the farce Of
impeachment. Then come the ad-I
ministration OF General Grant, with
its irring political intrigues, lis ter
nhie scandals, and It's destruction Of
regulations previously regarded as
honorable and un,gruishci, conclud
ing With the electoral commission.
which declared Mr. Hayes tho law
fully elected president of tie Cuit--i
States. General Garfield, ,vrnttui
career, cut short by assassination.
the social conditions which
reigned in the metropolis at thai ria.r.
and extended into every grad. nF
public and private life. Olee more |
there Is a democratic president. and /
the work closes with description of |
the festivities and cercmonials of this !
new dispensation.
GENERAL CHARACTER OF TIE WORK.
In word, verbal pauoramr Is
lnrolled, in which is depicted life in |
Washington for nearly three score |
years, not merely pen portraits of